Finding people on Facebook

[suttontrust]

Just a tip for anyone doing a one-name study or trying to find people with a particular (preferably uncommon) surname.  Join the social networking site Facebook.  You can then search for every member with that surname and contact them.  I've been researching the names Wesbroom and Westbroom and have found upwards of 100 people on the site with that name.

[maidmarianoops]

I put just the surname and country on freebmd and family search and then sort through.
Not good with smith etc


sylvia

[Inchworm]

I joined Facebook and found a couple unknown relatives. Problem is that they are all quite young on Facebook and I seem to be old! 

[linmey]

I am on Facebook and I am very very old, , well 51, but then I joined for the Open University network and have also joined a few of their genealogy networks as well.

Linda.

[Inchworm]

Yes, I too have joined some of the geneology groups on Facebook. There are so many though. Can anyone recommend any of the better ones? I have seen a lot of one-name groups. 

[linmey]

I have joined `Genealogy` and `British Genealogy` but I havnt really tried them out yet.

Linda.

[Inchworm]

Funnily enough they are the two that I have joined. Have posted all the names that I am researching and sitting back and hoping. Well, not quite as laid back as that !!! 

[linmey]

Well done, I havnt got that far yet. If I can drag myself away from the OU network and the trivial chat with my friends I may make some progress!!

I try to keep a serious and scholarly profile with my bookshelf etc but then you get sent hatching eggs and flowers growing and quizzes etc and it all goes horribly wrong!! 

Linda.

[ice maiden]

I joined facebook for fun but i have joined genealogy nutters united ( GNU ) and leave our ancesters alone. Lynette